Ecclesiastes 3:17

3:17 I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked;

for there is an appropriate time for every activity,

and there is a time of judgment ¹  for every deed.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

7:28 What I have continually sought, I have not found;

I have found only ²  one upright ³  man among a thousand,

but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

[3:17]  ¹ tn The phrase “a time of judgment” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[7:28]  ² tn The word “only” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.

[7:28]  ³ tn The word “upright” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation twice, here and in the following line, for clarity.